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Re: favourite sources for metal type research
Oh! Don’t miss CAST Foundry’s excellent series of articles on early type, including Jenson, other Venetians, other early Romans, and Bodoni. The research and images are top notch.3 -
Re: Le Romain du Roi
There is at least one other version of the book because I just saw it in a private collection last week and it has large, colored, engraved medallions in the center of each page.1 -
Re: favourite sources for metal type research
Sounds like most of what you’re looking for is pre Industrial Revolution, but if you’re interested in 19th- and 20th-century type, I’m working on a list of specimens available online, sorted by found…4 -
Re: Change to real names policy.
Yes.2 -
Re: Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces
Found a Dickinson ad in the April 1892 issue of Inland Printer which states Howland as a “companion series to De Vinne”, as quoted by McGrew in his description.2
